Pocketbook



United States Patent Inventor Appl. No.

Filed Patented Assignee Frank G. Dobbs Kew Gardens, New York 743,741

July 10, 1968 Dec. 1, 1970 Fran-Stef Corporation New York, New York a corporation of New York POCKETBOOK 1 Claim, 13 Drawing Figs.

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Int. Cl Field of Search ISO/28,

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 10/1934 Thornhill 150/28(.1)UX 5/1938 Ryan .1 150/34 11/1943 Gardner 150/35 l/1945 Pitar 150/38 4/1948 Broughton.... 150/35 5/1952 Grabhorn..... 150/38 8/1957 Seamon.... 150/39 7/1959 Wilson 150/30 8/1966 Bird 150/35 12/1968 V0ss.. 150/38 Primary Examiner-Donald F. Norton Attorney-Pennie, Edmonds, Morton, Taylor and Adams ABSTRACT: There is disclosed a pocketbook including a be]- lows-type multiple pocket insert together with a coin purse or money clip, all removably affixable in a cover.

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Sheet 4; of 4 mvsmon Frank G. Dobbs A ORNEYS POCKETBOOK The present invention relates to pocketbooks for carrying bank notes, papers, business cards and the like. The invention provides a pocketbook of this kind including not only a plurality of pockets of bellows-type but also a supplementary storage means. The pocketbook of the invention will be described in terms of two nonlimitative embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the accompanying drawings FIGS. 1 to 6 illustrate one embodiment of the invention while FIGS. 7 to 13 illustrate a second embodiment. More particularly,

FIG. 1 is a view of a first pocketbook according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is a further view of the pocketbook of FIG. 1, shown partly opened;

FIG. 3 is a view of the bellows-type multipocket insert in the pocketbook of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a view of the pocketbook of FIG. 1 in partly-assembled condition;

FIG. 5 is an end view of the insert to the pocketbook of FIG.

' l, partly cut away to show the coin purse therein;

FIG. 6 is a side view of the insert of the pocketbook of FIG. 1, again partly cut away to show the coin purse therein;

FIG. 7 is a view of a second form of pocketbook according to the invention in closed condition;

FIG. 8 is a further view of the pocketbook of FIG. 7 partly open;

FIG. 9 is a view of the pocketbook of FIG. 7 with the multipocket insert thereof removed;

FIG. 10 is a view of the multipocket insert of the pocketbook of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a further view of the pocketbook of FIG. 7 in partly assembled condition; and

FIGS. 12 and 13 are two views of the pocketbook of FIG. 7 with the multiple pocket insert thereof, shown in different degrees of opening.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 6, a first form of pocketbook according to the invention includes a cover generally indicated at 2, and a removable, expansible, bellows-type multipocket insert generally indicated at 4, which is removably affixable to the cover. The cover has the shape of an envelope open at the sides, with folds at 3 and 5 defining a back portion 6, a lower flap 7, and an upper flap 8. The upper flap 8 carries on its inner surface one-half 10 of a snap fastener the other half 12 of which is on the exterior of the lower flap 7.

The insert 4 includes a plurality of separate pockets 14 (FIG. 3), a coin purse l6, and flaps 18 which are engageable in slits formed in a lining 22 of the cover for removably securing the insert to the cover. Two of these flaps are shown in full in FIG. 3, at one end of the insert, while the upper edge of a flap 18 can also be seen in FIG. 3 at the right-hand end of the insert, as seen in FIG. 3. The two slits for reception of the flaps 18 at the left end of the insert (as seen in FIG. 3) are shown in FIG. 4, where the insert 4 is also seen. A similar slit is provided in the lining 22, adjacent the fold 5, to receive the flap 18 which is at the right in FIG. 3.

The insert 4 may be made of a single sheet of fabric or plastic, suitably slitted as indicated at 24 in FIG. 3, folded as at 25 and 27, and heat-sealed at edges 26 to make up a plurality of connected pockets 14. The tabs or flaps 18 are affixed to the end pockets and a coin purse 16 is affixed to one of the intermediate pockets, preferably by heat-sealing along the bottom edge 25 thereof (FIGS. 5 and 6).

In the embodiment of FIGS. 7 to 13, a cover 30 includes upper and lower back portions 32 and 34 joined along a fold 33 (FIG. 7). For closure a tongue 36 having one-half 38 of a two-part fastener extends from the lower back portion 34. The other half 40 of this fastener is disposed on the exterior surface of the upper back portion 32.

The cover 30 has affixed to the inner surface thereof, along three sides, a linin 52 to form a side pocket indicated at 54 for the reception 0 bank notes or the ike. Thus the embodiment of FIGS. 7 to 13 includes a billfold of generally customary type. It includes in addition a loop 42 affixed to the opposite edges of the lining 52, under which is passed the backing strip 44 of a removable bellows-type multipocket insert generally indicated at 46 in FIGS. 7, 8, and 11 to 13, also forming part of the pocketbook of FIG. 7.

A flap 56 corresponding to the loop 42 may be provided across the lower half of the lining, as indicated in FIG. 9, secured however along three sides of the lining to form a pocket. The loop 42 and .the flap 56 may be integral with the cover 30, being folded and being glued or otherwise fastened to the lining in a manner known in the art of wallet construction.

The insert 46 includes a bellows-type group of pockets 47 which may be similar in construction to the insert 4 described in connection with FIGS. 1 to 6. The group of pockets 47 is affixed atone end to the backing strip 44, as illustrated in FIG. 10. For this purpose there may be employed one-half 48 of a two-part detachable fastener, the other half 50 of which is affixed to the opposite end of the backing strip 44. The backing strip can then be closed upon itself to make of the insert 46 a self-contained purse, whether as part of the complete pocketbook of FIGS. 7 and 8 (i.e. with the backing strip 44 passed under the loop 42), or with the insert detached from the cover 30 as it appears in FIG. 10 of the drawings.

Over the loop 42 there is provided a flap 58, fastened at one side, as by stitching 59, to the loop 42. A money clip 60 in the form of a wire bow fits at one end into a narrow slot formed between the flap 58 and loop 42 by means of the stitches 59 and a second row of stitches 61. The free end of the bow extends between the loop 42 and the free portion of the flap 58, as illustrated in phantom in FIG. 9 and as further illustrated in FIG. 11, to serve as a clip for bank notes.

The flap 58 bears one-half 62 of a two-part fastening means, the other half 62 of which is provided on the end of the bellows 47 opposite that which is affixed at 48 to the back strip 44. See FIGS. 10 and 11. Accordingly, the bellows may be fastened at one end to the flap 58, so that its other end may be pulled open in accordion fashion as illustrated in FIGS. 12 and 13.

The invention thus provides a pocketbook comprising a cover, a bellows-type multiple pocket, and supplementary storage means-a coin purse in the embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 6 and a money clip in the embodiment of FIGS. 7 to 13. The invention further provides in the embodiment of FIGS. 7 to 13 a pocketbook comprising a side opening billfold, a detachable multiple pocket purse, and a money clip.

While the invention has. been described hereinabove in terms of two presently preferred embodiments, the invention itself is not limited thereto. Thus for example referring to FIGS. 1 to 6, the insert 4 may be affixed to the cover by any suitable means of which the flaps 18 and slits 20 are only exemplary. More generally, the invention comprehends all modifications on and departures from the embodiments hereinabove described properly falling within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

IClaim:

1. A pocketbook comprising a cover divided by at least two parallel folds into at least three parts, means to fasten the inner surface of an end one of said parts to the exterior surface of the other end one of said parts, a lining attached to the cover, said lining being slotted on said other end one of said parts, a plurality of expansible bellows-type pockets integrally connected one to the other, a tongue affixed to one of said pockets for engagement between the cover and lining where the lining is slotted, and a coin purse affixed to one of said pockets. 

